Question 1

If you are trying to remember details about an event that happened in your kitchen, it would be most helpful to

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A)  return to the kitchen so the context helps you to recall. 
B)  leave the kitchen so that current cues do not interfere with recalling the event. 
C)  think about something else for a while. 
D)  picture yourself in the kitchen as you try to recall the event. 
A)  return to the kitchen so the context helps you to recall. 
B)  leave the kitchen so that current cues do not interfere with recalling the event. 
C)  think about something else for a while. 
D)  picture yourself in the kitchen as you try to recall the event.

Question 2

Who among the following would have said, "The past is being continually remade, reconstructed in the interest of the present"?

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A)  Hermann Ebbinghaus 
B)  Sir Frederick Bartlett 
C)  Charles Sperling 
D)  Wilder Penfield 
A)  Hermann Ebbinghaus 
B)  Sir Frederick Bartlett 
C)  Charles Sperling 
D)  Wilder Penfield

Question 3

The position of the governing bodies for psychology (APA, CPA) on repressed memories could best be described as

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A)  completely supporting the notion that repressed memories exist, and are generally accurate. 
B)  indicating that false memories cannot be constructed. 
C)  supporting the possibility that repressed memories exist, and that false memories can be constructed in response to suggestions of abuse. 
D)  completely disregarding the notion of repressed memories. 
A)  completely supporting the notion that repressed memories exist, and are generally accurate. 
B)  indicating that false memories cannot be constructed. 
C)  supporting the possibility that repressed memories exist, and that false memories can be constructed in response to suggestions of abuse. 
D)  completely disregarding the notion of repressed memories.

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the main methods used by researchers for measuring memory?

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A)  retention 
B)  relearning 
C)  recall 
D)  recognition 
A)  retention 
B)  relearning 
C)  recall 
D)  recognition

Question 5

Which of the following is not true about questioning an eyewitness?

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A)  Misleading information suggested to a witness can lead to the "misinformation effect." 
B)  A "showup" instead of a line up can lead to more failures to identify perpetrators. 
C)  Leading questions can help promote accurate recall. 
D)  The more often a witness is questioned, whether their information is accurate or not, the more confidence they have in it. 
A)  Misleading information suggested to a witness can lead to the "misinformation effect." 
B)  A "showup" instead of a line up can lead to more failures to identify perpetrators. 
C)  Leading questions can help promote accurate recall. 
D)  The more often a witness is questioned, whether their information is accurate or not, the more confidence they have in it.

Question 6

Your short-term memory is most useful in recalling which words in a long list?

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A)  the last words 
B)  the middle words 
C)  the first words 
D)  There is no particular pattern in the way people recall words from a list. 
A)  the last words 
B)  the middle words 
C)  the first words 
D)  There is no particular pattern in the way people recall words from a list.

Question 7

What is the subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts, information, and personal life experiences?

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A)  non-declarative memory 
B)  declarative memory 
C)  semantic memory 
D)  episodic memory 
A)  non-declarative memory 
B)  declarative memory 
C)  semantic memory 
D)  episodic memory

Question 8

What is said to occur when short-term memory is holding its maximum, and each new item entering short-term memory pushes out an existing item?

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A)  displacement 
B)  chunking 
C)  consolidation 
D)  encoding 
A)  displacement 
B)  chunking 
C)  consolidation 
D)  encoding

Question 9

The female sex hormone estrogen is involved in memory because

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A)  it helps to store more information than testosterone, the male sex hormone. 
B)  women have larger hippocampi than men. 
C)  it helps to build and maintain synapses between neurons in brain areas known to be involved in memory. 
D)  it causes the neurons to fire more often, exchanging information at a superior rate and intensity, and thus building better memories. 
A)  it helps to store more information than testosterone, the male sex hormone. 
B)  women have larger hippocampi than men. 
C)  it helps to build and maintain synapses between neurons in brain areas known to be involved in memory. 
D)  it causes the neurons to fire more often, exchanging information at a superior rate and intensity, and thus building better memories.

Question 10

The ability to play tennis is stored primarily in

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A)  non-declarative memory. 
B)  representational memory. 
C)  propositional memory. 
D)  declarative memory. 
A)  non-declarative memory. 
B)  representational memory. 
C)  propositional memory. 
D)  declarative memory.

Question 11

Which of the following is not an example of a nonsense syllable?

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A)  pet 
B)  teb 
C)  pid 
D)  zav 
A)  pet 
B)  teb 
C)  pid 
D)  zav

Question 12

Alexander, age 30, lost consciousness during a car accident. His doctor said that he suffers from retrograde amnesia. Alexander has a memory loss for events that occurred

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A)  shortly before his accident. 
B)  in childhood. 
C)  for his first 30 years of life. 
D)  since his accident. 
A)  shortly before his accident. 
B)  in childhood. 
C)  for his first 30 years of life. 
D)  since his accident.

Question 13

The capacity of short-term memory is just right for a

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A)  fourteen-digit credit card number. 
B)  person's name. 
C)  digital clock. 
D)  seven-digit phone number. 
A)  fourteen-digit credit card number. 
B)  person's name. 
C)  digital clock. 
D)  seven-digit phone number.

Question 14

Often we fill in details when recalling natural events. We seem to add material to what we actually experienced. This phenomenon is referred to as

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A)  a schematization. 
B)  a reconstruction. 
C)  hyperamnesia. 
D)  metamemory. 
A)  a schematization. 
B)  a reconstruction. 
C)  hyperamnesia. 
D)  metamemory.

Question 15

Sydney sometimes turns on the wrong stove burner because he forgets that his new stove has them in a different order than his old stove. This is an example of

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A)  interference. 
B)  retrieval failure. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  decay. 
A)  interference. 
B)  retrieval failure. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  decay.

Question 16

Recall is a more sensitive method of measuring retention than the relearning method.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Theodore sometimes studied his psychology in the psychology classroom when no classes were meeting there. He told his friends that he studied there because he knew it would help him remember more on his essay tests due to

Accepted Answer

A)  the environmental context effect on memory. 
B)  the fact that all the answers he was writing were on the back of the desk. 
C)  the serial position effect. 
D)  the flashbulb memory effect. 
A)  the environmental context effect on memory. 
B)  the fact that all the answers he was writing were on the back of the desk. 
C)  the serial position effect. 
D)  the flashbulb memory effect.

Question 18

Recall differs from recognition in that recall

Accepted Answer

A)  maximizes retrieval cues. 
B)  taps short-term memory as well as long-term memory. 
C)  is a more sensitive method of measuring memory. 
D)  requires few or no retrieval cues. 
A)  maximizes retrieval cues. 
B)  taps short-term memory as well as long-term memory. 
C)  is a more sensitive method of measuring memory. 
D)  requires few or no retrieval cues.

Question 19

Long-term potentiation at the synapses is important because

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A)  it implies that anything that has been stored as a memory cannot be forgotten. 
B)  it suggests that structural changes occur when memories are formed. 
C)  it increases the potential of the neurons. 
D)  it protects against retroactive interference. 
A)  it implies that anything that has been stored as a memory cannot be forgotten. 
B)  it suggests that structural changes occur when memories are formed. 
C)  it increases the potential of the neurons. 
D)  it protects against retroactive interference.

Question 20

Which of the following would not be stored in semantic memory?

Accepted Answer

A)  methods of factoring algebraic equations 
B)  the knowledge that Idaho grows potatoes and Iowa grows corn 
C)  the meaning of "crustacean" 
D)  how to play the guitar 
A)  methods of factoring algebraic equations 
B)  the knowledge that Idaho grows potatoes and Iowa grows corn 
C)  the meaning of "crustacean" 
D)  how to play the guitar

If you are trying to remember details about an event that happened in your kitchen, it would be most helpful to

Who among the following would have said, "The past is being continually remade, reconstructed in the interest of the present"?

The position of the governing bodies for psychology (APA, CPA) on repressed memories could best be described as

Which of the following is not one of the main methods used by researchers for measuring memory?

Which of the following is not true about questioning an eyewitness?

Your short-term memory is most useful in recalling which words in a long list?

What is the subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts, information, and personal life experiences?

What is said to occur when short-term memory is holding its maximum, and each new item entering short-term memory pushes out an existing item?

The female sex hormone estrogen is involved in memory because

The ability to play tennis is stored primarily in

Which of the following is not an example of a nonsense syllable?

Alexander, age 30, lost consciousness during a car accident. His doctor said that he suffers from retrograde amnesia. Alexander has a memory loss for events that occurred

The capacity of short-term memory is just right for a

Often we fill in details when recalling natural events. We seem to add material to what we actually experienced. This phenomenon is referred to as

Sydney sometimes turns on the wrong stove burner because he forgets that his new stove has them in a different order than his old stove. This is an example of

Recall is a more sensitive method of measuring retention than the relearning method.

Theodore sometimes studied his psychology in the psychology classroom when no classes were meeting there. He told his friends that he studied there because he knew it would help him remember more on his essay tests due to

Recall differs from recognition in that recall

Long-term potentiation at the synapses is important because

Which of the following would not be stored in semantic memory?

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Exam 6: Memory

If you are trying to remember details about an event that happened in your kitchen, it would be most helpful to

Who among the following would have said, "The past is being continually remade, reconstructed in the interest of the present"?

The position of the governing bodies for psychology (APA, CPA) on repressed memories could best be described as

Which of the following is not one of the main methods used by researchers for measuring memory?

Which of the following is not true about questioning an eyewitness?

Your short-term memory is most useful in recalling which words in a long list?

What is the subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts, information, and personal life experiences?

What is said to occur when short-term memory is holding its maximum, and each new item entering short-term memory pushes out an existing item?

The female sex hormone estrogen is involved in memory because

The ability to play tennis is stored primarily in

Which of the following is not an example of a nonsense syllable?

Alexander, age 30, lost consciousness during a car accident. His doctor said that he suffers from retrograde amnesia. Alexander has a memory loss for events that occurred

The capacity of short-term memory is just right for a

Often we fill in details when recalling natural events. We seem to add material to what we actually experienced. This phenomenon is referred to as

Sydney sometimes turns on the wrong stove burner because he forgets that his new stove has them in a different order than his old stove. This is an example of

Recall is a more sensitive method of measuring retention than the relearning method.

Theodore sometimes studied his psychology in the psychology classroom when no classes were meeting there. He told his friends that he studied there because he knew it would help him remember more on his essay tests due to

Recall differs from recognition in that recall

Long-term potentiation at the synapses is important because

Which of the following would not be stored in semantic memory?

Introduction to Psychology

Biology and Behaviour

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning

Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Development

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Personality, Theory and Assessment

Health and Stress

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

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